James Jacques Joseph TissotFrench, 1836–1902The dreamer
May one see it?
Unknown
Paris, France
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- RF 2254
In the catalog
Sources
- Wikidata
- Image: Musée d'Orsay — Sailko · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Meanwhile, in the life of James Jacques Joseph Tissot
The whole life1871–1882 · Workplace
London
1874
Declines the first Impressionist exhibition
In 1874 Degas asked Tissot to join the first exhibition of the artists who became known as the Impressionists. Tissot declined but remained a close acquaintance of the group.
c. 1874
In Venice with Manet
Around 1874 Tissot travelled to Venice with Édouard Manet, and Berthe Morisot visited him in London. He regularly saw Whistler, who influenced his Thames scenes and introduced him to Japanese art: Japanese objects and costumes became a regular presence in Tissot's pictures.
1875 or 1876
Meets Kathleen Newton
In 1875 or 1876 Tissot met Kathleen Newton, an Irish divorcee who became his companion and the sitter for dozens of his paintings and studies. Their relationship quickly became intimate.
1876 · Workplace
Ramsgate
1877
Kathleen moves in with Tissot
In 1877 Kathleen Newton moved into Tissot's house. His Catholic faith did not recognise her divorce, but they lived openly as husband and wife (the servants called her “Madame Tissot”), and Tissot later called these years the happiest of his life: he could be a family man, and her children often visited.
